Tag Archives: Cultural Revolution

Can you blame the post-eighties generation?

Posted on 2012-10-19 by Julien Leyre

This is the China Writing Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest takes a look at the Chinese Gen Y – generally known … Continue reading →

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Sidney Rittenberg: Reflections on a lifetime in China

Posted on 2012-08-03 by Allison Carol Goldman

Sidney Rittenberg is the subject of a new documentary film called “The Revolutionary.” He is an American who lived in China from 1945 to 1980. His arrival was partly coincidence: he was drafted during World War II and sent to … Continue reading →

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Chicken blood injections and other health crazes

Posted on 2010-10-13 by Joel Martinsen

Zhang Wuben wasn’t the first purveyor of peculiar miracle cures. In the mid-20th Century, Chinese citizens endured fads of chicken blood injections, kombucha, water, and hand-waving.

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Group sex and the Cultural Revolution – a translation

Posted on 2010-05-23 by Julian

Li Yinhe leading the charge (Wikipedia) In her latest blog post, sexologist and activist Li Yinhe writes that the crime of “group licentiousness” is the last draconian law left over from the Cultural Revolution. The posting protests the recent decision … Continue reading →

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Old Beijing Man talks about Mao and Cultural Revolution

Posted on 2010-01-22 by Eric Mu

Today’s China maybe fully embraces capitalism and is on the fast track to prosperity, but what may be regarded by many as a failed ideology still manages to find ways to manifest itself.

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Writing the history of the Gang of Four

Posted on 2009-04-02 by Joel Martinsen

Ye Yonglie completes a massive history of the Gang of Four.

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How the Nazis brought about the end of the Cultural Revolution

Posted on 2008-08-14 by Joel Martinsen

How The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich was translated and circulated in China, from the 1960s through the 1990s.

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A personal history of the beginning of the Red Guards

Posted on 2008-06-17 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A new blog and the blogger’s translation of an article about the early days of the Cultural Revolution.

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40 million new poor

Posted on 2008-04-14 by Eric Mu

China raised the poverty line from annual income of 1067 RMB to 1300. The change of the measurement caused a two-fold growth of China’s poor people: from 40 million to 80 million.

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Mao Zedong Thought cures deaf mutes

Posted on 2008-03-10 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A Cultural Revolution video showing deaf mute ids cured by Mao Zedong thought.

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